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What do trench digging services include?

Trenching services involve digging a large hole, usually using a trenching shovel and a trencher to help successfully lay underground wires, pipes, or structural supports. It’s also traditionally done to install or repair public drains, sewer lines, and underground utilities to serve populated areas. Trenching also has plenty of benefits if you’re taking care of your lawn! Whatever you need, Taskers can make your home improvement project possible. Here are the most common things you can expect from trenching services near you:

Straight trenches

If you live in an area with a limited surface to disturb, such as near buildings or roadways, digging straight trenches is the right choice for you. It’s a kind of trench where the sides are parallel, and the base is at a right angle. Having trench boxes or shoring is usually required as protective systems. A six-inch straight trench can also be helpful if you’re trying to control pests in your property, where you can apply a non-repellent pesticide into the soil to achieve a treatment zone.

Sloped trenches     

Sloped trenches have angled sides to prevent cave-ins. Its angle is determined by trench depth, soil type, and the amount of time the trench will remain open. If you’re planning to install large pipes or culverts, this can be the right kind of trench for you. It’s also common to have sloped trenches in new construction sites with a wider path of soil.

Benched trenches

To ensure that your trench or excavation site is entirely safe, you can try benching! Benched trenches are those with sides that have been cut away to create steps. The height of these steps, otherwise known as vertical distances, is determined by the soil type. The less stable your soil is, the shallower your angles should be. It’s best to bench it if your trench needs to be up to 20 feet deep. This is to help stabilize your trench and to make it more secure. For protective systems, shielding or trench boxes are usually used.

Bell-bottom pier hole trenches

For those planning to build a certain structure, make sure to have someone dig a bell-bottom pier hole trench! The base or bottom of the trench is usually wider than the top, giving it a bell-shaped cross-section. This is typically used to install footings to support the foundation of a structure. Since these kinds of trenches have sides sloping inward over the floor of the excavation, more protective systems are usually required to keep them from collapsing. 

Recent Trench Digging tasks in West Melbourne

Build a trench for planting trees

$100

Albanvale VIC, Australia

5th Dec 2024

Build a 12 meter trench 20x30cm deep

Excavate and remove soil for trench - 30m L x 400mm W x 300mm D

$5

Point Cook VIC 3030, Australia

7th Apr 2024

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Trim hedge and dig trench for plants

$350

Spotswood VIC, Australia

17th Feb 2024

1. Trim two metres off the top of the hedge and trim the sides excluding neighbour's side. Clean up branches and remove from property. Pittosporum Hedge size is 5m high and 3m long. 2. Dig garden trench along fence line. 6.5 metres long, half metre deep, half metre wide. Remove buried weed mat in the ground. Type of gardening: Hedge trimming, Garden cleanup, Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No

Thomas was 10/10. He trimmed my 5m tall pittosporum hedge, then he dug a trench 6.5m long, 50cm wide, 50cm deep, to get my garden strip ready for planting Magnolias. He is hard-working, focused, and does a quality job. I didn't have ask him to correct his work because it was done right the first time. Pleasant demeanour, easy to discuss the work at hand. No stress for me.

Need a trencher for a small job to trench for the retainer wall

$200

Tarneit VIC, Australia

7th Jan 2024

I need someone to take the soil from my fence side 1Mx15M which is a mix of hard rocks, and make a trench to put retainer wall - Due date: Flexible

Dig a shallow trench around chicken coop

$200

Newport VIC, Australia

14th Dec 2023

We are fox proofing our chicken coop and need help digging a shallow trench that we will line with snake mesh and rocks. - Due date: Before Friday, 15 December 2023

Excavator need for retaining wall and block fence trench

$1,000

Point Cook VIC, Australia

15th Mar 2023

I need excavator with operator for site cut for retaining wall. - Due date: Before Monday, 20 March 2023

Digging garden bed trenches, laying sleepers

$150

Point Cook VIC, Australia

19th Mar 2022

Looking for help replacing sleepers in garden beds (around the perimeter of a small backyard). Removing existing sleepers, digging trenches and laying new sleepers. 4 hours work

Gardening and trench for garden edging

$300

Newport VIC, Australia

28th Nov 2021

Mow nature strip (7 m) and front lawn (approx 12 m2 Tree pruning Dig trench for garden edging (16 m long, 25cm wide, 30 cm deep) Green waste removal - Due date: Before Sunday, 12th Dec 2021